We have a house rule - No form of trade/deal is allowed between players. If someone wishes to sell anything - an auction has to be held always and the property goes to the highest bidder.
There are 3 ...

I plan to create a 60 cards booster format. How many booster each players should crack for a 60 cards booster draft?
I think that 4 or 5 should works. Is there any existing format or math about this?
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During enforced isolation we're seeking social activities: what board games work well with others over webcam (ie in video chat; Skype, Jitsi, Zoom, etc.)?
If you've played over webcam, was it better ...

I have a question in regards to a rule, that I and a lot of family friends have always played by in monopoly, but a few new comers don’t get that rule, and I can’t find it in writing.
We play by the ...

In the standard rules of Checkers as it is played in tournaments and the like, jumps are mandatory, i.e. if it is possible for you to jump, you must jump, and if it possible to do jump again you must ...

So me and my friend are playing Uno.
It's a 2 player game and we play where you can stack draw 2’s or draw 4’s.
My friend (player 1) has 2 cards left.
I (player 2) have 2 cards left.
It is player 1’s ...

Does Gleemax allow you to choose an invalid target for a spell or ability? If you have it on the field and the other player plays and spell that say choose 2 creatures you control and place a +1/+1 ...

To get more than 5 people in on a game without having teams I was thinking about buying another set of train cars (or two or three), painting them a unique color, and then doing one of a few things...
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I could not find an official rule that states directly what exactly to do when 2 pawns are face to face. It says that you can jump over it to go it's behind if there are no walls between the opponent ...

I've been trying to learn how to deal Faro. Online sources such as Wikipedia and Wizard of Odds mention that when three cards remain players can 'call the turn' stating the order they think the final ...

Need clarification on the Draw 4 rule.
- Player 1 lays down a Draw 4 Card and says the color is Red.
- Player 2 does not have a Red card but has a Draw 4 Card.
Can Player 2 lay down his Draw 4 Card ...

In standard Bulls and Cows, the digits of the chosen number must be all different.
Is this rule crucial for the "playability" of the game? In other words: if I ignore this rule and allow choosing a ...

Players can typically move by passing through bordering states following correctly answering a question. Although there are chance cards which allow for travel via oceans, they seem too infrequent to ...

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I am currently looking into ways of doing Mulligans in another way, or replace Mulligans altogether, for casual play around the kitchen table. I don't like ...

To anyone experienced in whist variations, are the following house rules playable? (that is, will this game be fun or frustrating to play)?
I'm developing a nutty variation of Spades for tonight, is ...

Assuming you play with the following rules:
You can't end on a power card (+4, color change)
If you can't play and draw a card you are allowed to play it immediatly if that card does match
If you're ...

My friends and I are playing Star Wars Imperial Assault: Jabba's Realm. My friends play as a team of rebels against me, the Imperial player.
We played the base game campaign and found it to be quite ...

I've been playing for very long time right now (with long breaks though...) and I happen to find some uncertainties about mana pool/tapping etc.
When you usually play with your friends do you argue ...

We started to place international rules and just watch a video on youtube that seems to indicate, that a king cannot move unlimited spaces if there are no opposition pieces to jump. Is this correct?
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In the game Escape from Colditz, once a POW player has acquired an item, it seems like the guards can pretty much round all of that player's team up from the inner courtyard and dump them in Solitary.
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I currently play Yu-Gi-Oh! at school, and sometimes, we want to fit in a game in less than 5 - 10 minutes, before lessons.
Of course, in a normal game with 8k LP each, this is almost impossible for ...

The gamemaker "opened the gates" to this question by allowing China to collect income and build units without a capital (or for that matter, and industrial complex). This is kind of an exception to ...

It's my understanding that Gin Rummy was 'codified' in 1909 and that Rummy games in general are thought to be 'descended' from Conquian.
And I realize that minor variants tend to be more of a 'house ...

I am playing a game of Monopoly. One player lands on a property, but chooses not to buy it. I bid first. Another player bids for a higher amount. The rules state that the banker immediately gives the ...

My question is focused on the board game Eldritch Horror, but perhaps it could be applicable to other lore-based board/card games.
Does anybody use additional story-telling elements to embellish the ...

I was watching the Garfield lecture on luck last night, and he mentioned that Magic eventually adopted a discard rule for the first hand drawn if it was a "dud", so that defeat is not so dependent on ...

The Space Hulk Campaigns book outlines Marine vs Marine rules. Is it possible to then play Terminators vs Chaos Terminators vs Genestealers or are there game mechanics that make this unworkable e.g. ...

Hello Diplomacy enthusiasts.
I was recently playing an online game of Diplomacy with my friends and unfortunately drew Italy. All was going well until I was overrun by Turkey who made quick work out ...